Towards a more synodal Church
Shortly after the end of the Synod of Bishops in Rome on 24 October 2024, a meeting1 on the theme of Synodality was held at Ile Blanche in Brittany, France. Led by Fr Charles Delhez2, a Belgian Jesuit, journalist, sociologist and parish priest, the meeting was...
Advent pilgrimage 2024
At the weekend marking the start of the Advent season, the diocesan church of Koudougou in Burkina Faso held its customary pilgrimage on the first Sunday of Advent, to the hill of Sabisgo. Hundreds of faithful Christians from all the parishes and non-Christians...
Religious Life, Sentinel of Hope
Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Cordoba (Argentina) from 22 to 24 November to reflect on and share the Hopes that strengthen the path of Religious Life and the despairs that challenge the vocation to be ‘Sentinels of Hope’. With over 1000...
Mission Day
Some 500 people gathered for the Feast of the Universal Mission on Saturday 19 October 2024, in the commune of La Prénessaye, Central Brittany, France, at the shrine of Notre-Dame de Toute Aide in Querrien - a place particularly dear to them since the authentication...
1954-2024: a movement of thanksgiving
1954-2024: 70 years ago, the first Daughters of the Holy Spirit arrived in Doukoula, in the diocese of Yagoua in CAMEROON, in the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption. Since April of this year, the Vice-Province of Cameroon has been in the midst of a wave of...
Young pilgrims, builders of Hope
Our diocese of Huacho, PERU, celebrated its Diocesan Youth Day on September 21, 2024. Huaral, one of the diocese's parishes, was this year's venue. In the presence of over 600 young people, accompanied by a number of priests and religious, the day began with a welcome...
An exceptional event
On Sunday, 22 September 2024, in the church of Saint Malo in Dinan - Côtes d'Armor, France - an exceptional event took place in the history of a local church: under the presidency of Monsignor Moutel, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier, the first session of the...
A Grand Pardon
On 8 September 2024, pilgrims gathered for the annual procession of the Grand Pardon de Notre-Dame-de-Lanriot, in Moëlan-sur-Mer, Brittany. France. The religious procession stretched 7 km from the church in Moëlan-sur-Mer to the picturesque chapel on the banks of the...
Nigeria. The Youth Summit
The Summit of the Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria was held on the last weekend of August 2024 at Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Diocese of Ondo, on the theme: ‘Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary’ (Isaiah 40:31). Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province is...
DHS Aspirants
21 to 26 July 2024: a long-awaited moment for the Aspirants to the congregation of the "Daughters of the Holy Spirit"! They expressed their joy at seeing each other and us again, and at discovering our communities in Burkina Faso, especially those of Koudougou and...